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As we all know, India is in lockdown since the 24th of March. It's been almost a couple of months since people stepped out of their houses. The government has imposed 3 lockdowns till now and now they're preparing to impose a 4th lockdown after the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi gave the information to citizens nationwide about a new lockdown, The fourth phase of the lockdown will be a 'totally different lockdown,' said PM Modi. Modi went on to say that lockdown 4.0 will contain new rules based on the suggestions of the states and will be informed to the citizens before 18 May.
The most hurtful effect of lockdown happened to Migrant workers.
Think about those workers, walking home with children on their backs, belongings bundled on their heads. They also moved to the big city in search of a better life and better wages. How is it that we have nothing but compassion and arrogance for them? How are they different from the first lot?
How cruel is that economic reality that our earnings are in one place and our homes are in another, and we live a life torn between the two? What we call home is where we think we belong; a place that accepts and supports us. We give that warmth up for earning an income. Except we do not see everyone out on this pursuit as equals. For one class we host an investment mela in a five-star location; the other, we let them walk for miles without food or water, because we failed to account for how they could get home, safely and with dignity. Even while they bear the burden of having lost their livelihood. We do fight for stray dogs and we do become vegans to save cattle, but we let these fellow humans remain homeless in our large cities. We got here because we stopped caring. We limited our focus to ourselves—our job, our income, our wealth, and our family. We forgot to give, to include, to empathize, to enable, and to take our communities along. We have no stake in our communities, the places we live in, and work. We are all nomads occupying slots of economic value that pay us money.
24 Migrants died as 2 trucks collided in UP on 16th May 2020.
In Aurangabad, 16 migrant workers returning to their homes in Madhya Pradesh were mowed down by a goods train in Aurangabad.
In Amravati, a 26-year-old migrant worker, who started on his long walk back home, died on Thursday even after he managed to complete his arduous journey of nearly 120 kilometers.
In Lucknow, a 39-year-old migrant worker from Madhya Pradesh, who had left from Delhi on foot, died after experiencing chest pain in Agra on Saturday. He walked about 200 kilometers before collapsing in Agra.
A 68-year-old migrant worker travels 1,600 kilometers to UP, dies 30 kilometers from home.
1, 600 kilometers! Can you even imagine! A healthy man may not be able to cover this distance on foot whereas the migrant worker was 68!
A 23-year-old migrant worker died after walking for about 500 kilometers.
A 21-year-old migrant worker headed to Odisha from Telangana died after walking for 300 kilometers.
A 12-year-old migrant worker walked 100 kilometers, died just 11 kilometers away from her home.
A 31-year-old migrant worker sold his phone for Rs2500 to feed his family, then killed himself.
Who do you think is guilty of the terrible condition of migrant workers?
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